Synonyms (3)
Megatoma fusca (Gebler, 1841)
synonym
synonym
Megatoma prolixa Beal, 1967
synonym
Citations & References (12)
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ZETTERSTEDT J. W. 1828: Fauna Insectorum Lapponica. Pars I. Hammone, Libraria Schulziana, 563 pp.
as Dermestes pubescens
Original Description
p. 136
Fischer von Waldheim J.G. (1829). Museum historiae naturalis Universitatis Caesareae Mosquensis. Pars II. Insecta. Collectio insectorum Steveniana. Mosquae: Typis Universitatis Caesareae, 147 pp.
= Megatoma fusca (as Attagenus fuscus Gebler [nomen nudum])
Catalogue
p. 49
Dejean P.F.M.A. (1837). Catalogue de la collection de Coléoptères de M. le Baron Dejean. Paris: Méquignon-Marvis Pére & Fils, xiv + 503 pp.
= Megatoma fusca (as Attagenus fuscus Gebler [nomen nudum])
Catalogue
p. 139
GEBLER F. A. VON 1841: Notae et additamenta ad Catalogum Coleopterorum Sibiriae occidentalis et confinis Tatariae operis: C. F. Ledebour´s Reise in das Altaigebirge und die soongarische Kirgisensteppe. Zweyter Theil. Berlin 1830. Fasciculus secundus. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 1841: 577-625.
= Megatoma fusca (as Attagenus fuscus)
Synonym Description
p. 585
GEBLER F. A. VON 1847: Verzeichniss der im Kolywano-Woskresenskischen Huttenbezirke Süd-West Sibiriens. Beobachteten Kaefer mit Bemerkungen und Beschreibungen. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 20: 391-512.
= Megatoma fusca (as Attagenus fuscus)
p. 446
THOMSON C. G. 1862: Skandinaviens Coleoptera, synoptiskt Bearbetade. Tom. IV. Lund: Berlingska Noktryckeriet, 269 pp.
as Megatoma pubescens
p. 204
Gemminger M., Harold E.V. (1868). Catalogus Coleopterorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus. Monachii: E. H. Gummi (No. 3), 753–978 + 5 pp. pp.
= Megatoma fusca
Combination
p. 917
Pic M. (1902). Descriptions et notes diverses (3e article). L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 18: 47-49.
= Megatoma innotata
Synonym Description
p. 48
Jansson A. (1943). Coleopterologiska bidrag. 28. Vad är Megatoma innotata Pic ? Opuscula Entomologica 8: 23-25.
= Megatoma innotata (as Megatoma pubescens) —
According to Mroczkowski (1968) seems to represent a paper establishing synonymy [Editor note: needs confirmation when paper becomes available]
Synonymy
p. 25
Beal R.S. (1967). A Revisionary Study of the North American Dermestid Beetles Formerly Included in the Genus Perimegatoma (Coleoptera). Miscellaneous Publications of Entomologica Americana, College Park, Maryland 5: 281-312.
= Megatoma prolixa
Synonym Description
p. 299
Mroczkowski M. (1967). The Palearctic Species of Megatoma Herbst (Coleoptera, Dermestidae). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 37: 3-24.
= Megatoma fusca (as Megatoma (Megatoma) pubescens)
Synonymy
p. 9
Mroczkowski M. (1968). Distribution of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera) of the world with a catalogue of all known species. Annales Zoologici 26(3): 15-191.
= Megatoma prolixa (as Megatoma pubescens)
Synonymy
p. 117

Distribution

Asia

Europe

North America

  • Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Quebec, Saskatchewan)
  • U.S.A. (Alabama, Idaho, California, Maine)

Taxon details

iNaturalist Gallery (Megatoma pubescens)

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